Fix Python – Python Regex – How to Get Positions and Values of Matches

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Asked By – Greg

How can I get the start and end positions of all matches using the re module? For example given the pattern r'[a-z]' and the string 'a1b2c3d4' I’d want to get the positions where it finds each letter. Ideally, I’d like to get the text of the match back too.

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import re
p = re.compile("[a-z]")
for m in p.finditer('a1b2c3d4'):
    print(m.start(), m.group())

This question is answered By – Peter Hoffmann

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